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Poll: What are the 10 greatest moments in Dodger Stadium history?
On Monday, Times Dodgers reporter Dylan Hernandez will unveil his choices as the 10 greatest moments in Dodger Stadium history in honor of its 50th anniversary. From now until Monday, we ask you to vote for your top 10 choices from our poll below. A...
Tags: Luciano Pavarotti, Major League Baseball, The Beach Boys, Baseball, World Series
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Q&A: Frank Howard recalls early days of Dodger Stadium
Fifty years ago, the biggest man inside Los Angeles' biggest new landmark was 6-foot-7, 255-pound Frank Howard, the National League rookie of the year in 1960 who helped break in Dodger Stadium by slugging 31 home runs, batting .296 and driving in 119...Tags: Magic Johnson, Willie Davis, Hank Aaron, Cy Young Award, Albert Pujols
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Dodger Stadium: Top 10 moments
On the eve of the home opener that marks the start of Dodger Stadium's 50th-anniversary season, The Times selects the 10 most memorable moments in the history of one of America's great ballparks.
1. Gibson's home run
Oct. 15, 1988
The most dramatic...Tags: Willie Davis, Cy Young Award, Oakland Athletics, Baseball, World Series
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L.A.'s greatest sports moments No. 12: Dodgers' first game in L.A.
The Fabulous ForumWe asked you to send in your picks for the greatest sports moments in L.A. history, and 1,181 ballots later we are unveiling the top 20 vote-getters. Each weekday we will unveil a new moment until we reach No. 1....... -
Your votes are in: The 20 greatest L.A. sports figures of all time
The Fabulous ForumIt started out as the 10 greatest L.A. sports figures of all time, but after getting 1,712 ballots, we are expanding it to the top 20. It is quite the eclectic group, a nice mix of announcers, coaches, athletes and...... -
Book Review: 'Stan Musial' by George Vecsey
Special to the Los Angeles TimesStan Musial An American Life George Vecsey Ballantine/ESPN Books: 397 pp., $26.00 Here is a theory I have: There are three kinds of baseball players — the Good, the Great and the Gods. In the first category is everybody who made it to the...Tags: Hank Aaron, Ken Griffey Sr., Eric Karros, Albert Pujols, Athletes
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Book review: 'Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella'
Los Angeles TimesCampy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella Neil Lanctot Simon & Schuster: 516 pp., $28 He was a three-time National League most valuable player, an eight-time All-Star, and played in five World Series, but Roy Campanella was something else when the Dodgers...Tags: Athletes, History, National League, Mike Piazza, University of Pennsylvania
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Duke Snider dies at 84; Dodger Hall of Famer
Duke Snider, one of the Brooklyn Dodgers' "Boys of Summer" and among a celebrated trio of New York center fielders in the 1950s, died Sunday. He was 84.
Snider died at Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, the Dodgers announced. No cause was...Tags: Montreal Expos, Athletes, Baseball, World Series, National League
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Danny McDevitt dies at 78; pitched Brooklyn Dodgers' last game at Ebbets Field
Danny McDevitt, who left his imprint on baseball history by pitching the last game for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in 1957, died Saturday, two days after his 78th birthday.
McDevitt, who lived in Social Circle, Ga., died at Newton Medical Center...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Sports
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Dodgers Beat Yankees
The Daily MirrorJune 28, 1960: An emotional point in the Dodgers' early history in Los Angeles was the 1959 exhibition game against the Yankees to honor Roy Campanella, the star catcher who had been paralyzed in a car accident. The Dodgers and Yankees met again in 1960,... -
In John Wooden's own words
Even though most people call him Coach, John Wooden prefers to think of himself as a teacher, and not just one who taught hundreds of UCLA basketball players during his 27 seasons coaching the Bruins. His "Pyramid of Success," a diagram of core values,...Tags: Magic Johnson, John Stockton, Oscar Robertson, Matt Leinart, Shaquille O'Neal
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PASSINGS
Joe Garvey Bus driver for the Dodgers Joe Garvey, 81, a Greyhound bus driver who transported the Dodgers to and from spring training games in Florida for 25 years and whose son, Steve, became first a batboy and later an All-Star first baseman for the...Tags: Roy Campanella, Music Theater, Death, Los Angeles Dodgers, Armed Forces
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